Bachelor of Business Systems

Course code: 0102 + Course abbreviation: BBusSys + Total credit points required: 144 + 3 years full-time, 6 years part-time + No further intake at Clayton

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton; South Africa)

Course description

This course focuses on the application of information technology in business and leads to a career in business information technology. The curriculum has been developed in consultation with the industry partners of the school who are also potential employers of graduates of the program. The program offers a broad-based degree, with core units spanning computer programming to business analysis.

Two streams are offered – the coursework stream (Clayton* and South Africa) and the industry-based learning (IBL) stream (Clayton only*).

* The Bachelor of Business Systems at Clayton has no further intake and has been replaced by the Bachelor of Business Information Systems, course code 3333 (see previous course entry).

Course objectives

The course has two aims; to provide students with an understanding of information technology applications in business, and to prepare them for leadership roles. Students develop their knowledge, skills and attitudes in the broad areas of business programming, business information systems, computer systems and business analysis. The course aims to teach fundamental concepts as well as the application of information technology in business. In addition, graduates should be able to relate their university studies to the world of business and to offer employers a competitive advantage in business operations. It is expected that graduates will be able to obtain employment in roles such as that of a business analyst or IT consultant.

Course structure

The course includes compulsory (core) and optional (elective) units selected from the range of business systems units, plus units chosen from those offered by other schools and departments.

Course requirements

The Bachelor of Business Systems pass degree consists of units to a total value of 144 points. In general, a maximum of 60 points of first-year units may be counted towards the degree. Students must complete at least 36 points of second-year units and at least 36 points of third-year units.

Students must complete the course requirements for the relevant stream as specified below.

Core units – coursework stream

All units are 6 points, unless otherwise specified.

First year

BUS1010 Introductory computing for business applications
BUS1060 Computer programming for business A
BUS1100 Quantitative methods for business systems (Clayton) or ETW1102 Business statistics (South Africa)
BUS1021 Business information systems
BUS1042 Computer programming for business B
BUS1110 Computer models for business decisions

Second year

BUS2011 Programming for business applications
BUS2120 Computer concepts and software systems
BUS2021 Advanced business information systems
BUS2176 Project management

Third year

BUS3112 Database systems and data management
BUS3150 Computer facilities and network management
BUS3600 Business case development

Core units – industry-based learning stream

As above, plus:

Second year

BUS2030 Business communications
BUS2000 Industry-based learning (18 points)

Third year

BUS3000 Industry-based learning (18 points)

Elective units - both streams

Students are required to complete two electives from the Faculty of Business and Economics in their first year of study and at least one business systems electronic commerce elective and one business systems business analysis elective. In order to meet the credit-point requirements, students must take at least two second-year-level electives and at least three third-year-level electives. In general, students are encouraged to broaden their education by choosing these electives from outside the Faculty of Information Technology.

Students in the industry-based learning stream must also complete at least one economics elective.

Business systems undergraduate elective units*

All units are 6 points, unless otherwise specified.

Second year

BUS2020 Logistics and simulation
BUS2030 Business communications
BUS2040 Business systems for multimedia and the entertainment industries
BUS2050 IT law and security
BUS2700 Integrated business systems – SAP R/3
BUS2710 Applied e-business – B2B

Third year

BUS3010 Advanced programming for database applications
BUS3020 Trading systems and electronic (B2B) commerce
BUS3030 Financial modelling
BUS3200 Chinese language information technology
BUS3502 Business process design
BUS3530 Operations management systems
BUS3650 Business applications of neural networks
BUS3720 Corporate groupware
BUS3750 Intelligent techniques for business modelling
BUS3800 Risk analysis models for business
BUS3900 Computational finance
BUS3960 B2C internet commerce

* Note that not all units listed are offered at multiple campuses.

Professional recognition

The course meets the professional-level membership requirements of the Australian Computer Society.

Contact details

Clayton: email bsinfo@infotech.monash.edu.au or visit www.infotech.monash.edu.au/courses/undergraduate

South Africa: email inquiries@monash.ac.za or visit www.monash.ac.za/.

Course directors

Sue Bedingfield (Clayton), Neil Manson (South Africa)

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